Great British Railway Journeys - Tue 12 Jan 6:30pm

[jelv]

Saw the trailer for this earlier this evening:

Michael Portillo travels from Newhaven to Worthing, examining the nation's hidden defences, and taking in two magnificent engineering achievements - the Ouse Valley Viaduct and the Clayton Tunnel. High on top of a favourite Victorian beauty spot he learns how trains carried hordes of day-trippers to fly kites, and finds a novel way to pick tomatoes in Worthing.

It features someone we know!

[C2LLN]

Thanks for pointing us in the right direction John, I have seen a lot of the stuff Michael Portillo has done as the format of his documentaries are very interesting and informative, but this one was personal.

What a star his guest was, likewise his knowledge was interesting and informative, I anticipated eventual failure to 'get it up' after several edited attempts,but the kite fliers smile at the end said it all!

I think Portillo had a great day flying with his expert tutor, eh?